People v. Contreras

The defendant was indicted, tried by a jury for, and convicted of selling heroin, a violation of Section 11501 of the Health and Safety Code, with a prior conviction. He admitted the sale, but rested his defense on the doctrine of entrapment. A motion for a new trial was denied. Judgment of imprisonment in the state prison was pronounced. He appeals from the order denying the motion and from the judgment, contending that the court committed prejudicial error in sustaining objections to questions which elicited statements by an undercover agent that were part of the transaction culminating in…